Kazakstan: Summary of Concerns on Torture and Ill-treatment: Briefing for the United Nations Committee against Torture, November 2008

Kazakstan: Summary of Concerns on Torture and Ill-treatment: Briefing for the United Nations Committee against Torture, November 2008

Amnesty International remains concerned that despite efforts by the authorities of Kazakstan to fulfil their obligations under the CAT and implement recommendations made by the Committee in 2001 torture and other ill-treatment remain widespread and such acts continue to be committed with virtual impunity. This briefing focuses on Amnesty International’s most pressing concerns about the failures of the authorities in Kazakstan to implement fully and effectively Articles 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 of the Convention against Torture.